Zach Wahls on Wednesday presented more than 275,000 signed petitions to the Boys Scouts of America, calling for the organization to allow gay and lesbian members and masters.

Wahls also met with Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith, in Orlando for the scouts' national meeting.

“While today's meeting was productive and thoughtful, the delivery of these petitions marks the beginning of this journey, not the end,” said Wahls, in a news release from Change.org. “I thought our dialogue today was an honest one, and I'm looking forward to continuing the conversation in the months ahead. We leave today one step closer to religious and personal freedom than when we arrived, and it's hard to be anything but thrilled about that."

On Tuesday, Smith told The Miami Herald "the BSA does not plan to change its policy."

Wahls became well known in 2011 when he spoke to the Iowa legislature on behalf of his family. He opposed a resolution that would end civil unions in Iowa. The YouTube video of Wahls speaking to the legislature went viral and has been viewed more than 2.5 million times.

On April 10, Jennifer Tyrrell started a petition on the website Change.org after her 7-year-old son’s Cub Scout troop removed her as den leader because she is a lesbian. Since then, more than 275,000 people have signed the petition, including celebrities Josh Hutcherson, Benicio Del Toro, Julianne Moore, Fran Drescher, Ricky Martin, Kelly Osbourne and Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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The gays are licking their chops at the prospect of getting their perverted paws on our kids. Very sick. Who in their right mind would send their son on an overnight camping trip with a gay man? The gays will not be happy until they destroy all of our institutions. The petition should be thrown in the trash.

This policy of the boy scouts is very forward thinking in trying to prevent young boys from being molested or straying into an unfortunate life. We should extend this policy to teachers and coaches in Florida public schools to prevent recruitment in those venues.